Infernostew
Member
Carrick and Fellaini... our worst center midfield combo.
-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
Football Thread 2015/16 |OT| The Great American Sport
- Thread starter Lunar FC
- Start date
- Status
Can Crusher
Banned
Wenger, specialist in failure. Like clockwork.
This season's traditional Arsenal burnout will probably be ultimately their worst. They have no excuses for not winning the FA Cup given the sides left in the tournament.
And as a club of their experience in winning league titles, they have no excuses if they do not win the league, especially when they are not up against any 'big guns', with all respects to Spurs and Leicester. It's all laid out on a plate for Arsenal to take. And they probably won't.
The Champions League is what it is, they had no hope against Barca and neither would most English sides.
Also they crashed out of the League Cup 3-0 against Sheffield Wednesday.
EDIT: Somewhat related but I was playing with a league simulator and came up with the following final table:
Code:
1 Tottenham 38 +37 77
2 Leicester 38 +22 75
3 Man City 38 +28 72
4 Arsenal 38 +22 71
5 West Ham 38 +18 67it's no so bad when Hererra is in their as well. Carrick plays the deep holding role with Fellaini and Herrera getting forward on the left and right. they were the 3 midfielder players when the team went on that on that 5 or 6 game run of good form last year.
Infernostew
Member
The problem with United is that it's a squad full of cowards. No one dribbles at defenders aside from Martial. All play is just pass, pass, pass, stop, pass, pass back, pass, pass, pass, no shot.
edit: Ugh! Put a fucking shot on goal.
edit: Ugh! Put a fucking shot on goal.
A Serious Man
Member
Haha, Spurs can't buy a goal.
Infernostew
Member
United's current counterattack is one of the worst things I've seen from this team.
Ape Gone Insane
Member
It's like watching a game of rugby, backpassing their way to the other end. And when they do forward pass, it's painstakingly slow and nearly always misplaced.
DecoReturns
Member
I really don't see anything special Martial since his transfer, but I blame the system more he has to play in.
he keeps having to play on the wing to make way for these scrub strikers. Should be the central man.
Fakeknowledge
Member
"Well he won't beat De Gea from there".
:O
:O
Ape Gone Insane
Member
Yup, as expected. Counting down the days until July.
Strong, good dribbler, good hold-up play, calm and composed in front of goal - all fantastic qualities to have in such a young player. It helps he's scored and assisted a good few in his first season too.
He has some poor decision-making at times, but that's to be expected. Combine that with playing in this shitty team, system and position, then yeah, he's not hitting the top levels.
Strong, good dribbler, good hold-up play, calm and composed in front of goal - all fantastic qualities to have in such a young player. It helps he's scored and assisted a good few in his first season too.
He has some poor decision-making at times, but that's to be expected. Combine that with playing in this shitty team, system and position, then yeah, he's not hitting the top levels.
Infernostew
Member
I welcome Mourhino with open arms. Get fucked LVG.
Se7enSword
Banned
Great save by DDG
Not happening and quit crying, LvG will be there next season. It's people like you that have made Liverpool a shit team, you never give managers the chance to build an effective foundation and continuously follow the media narrative to get managers out. Hopefully klopp also gets to stay to finish his work. You think real football is like playing FIFA online? LoL
Winning the EPL is not an entitlement and I really hope Leicester wins it and perhaps even Everton next year.
Just curious, what makes you think Everton are in a position to challenge?
Well if it's such a competitive league, surely anything can happen.
It's a young and very talented team, I also love how they play and if the team can be kept together, I don't see why not? They have all the qualities to end up in the top 5 next season.
Well true, almost every pundit had Leicester going down this season. But if any had named Leicester as challengers, then there would definitely be questions
Definitely possible but they'd need a couple of decent signings to stand out among the probably half a dozen or more other contenders for 5th place. I don't think that area of the table has ever been more competitive. Great times.
Heh, thought of your post when they equalised. Hoping the second part is right too!
Fair result? My toddler insisted on play time with me and I ended up with my back to the telly with the volume turned down. Totally missed the first half, but from the few bits I saw (especially after they scored) we looked to have our backs to the wall. So with that said, happy to live for another day.
The indirect free kick was comical.
have we sold Gotze yet
The_Hitcher89
Member
But everyone is desperate to play for Pep
im sure he will play well for city
Hahaha, he needs a coach that knows how to play him. Pep is going to be found out soon.
solution to what???
Milchmonster
Member
BVB winning the league
im not even mad if you guys win it
go ahead
u had some troublesome years
I would hate for Real to lose him. On the other hand, I hate that Real is misusing him too.
Edit: Or is this the other Rodriguez? Yeah, it is, the James rumour is an old one. Forget it then.
DerZuhälter
Member
- Status